Consolidating Peace through Indigenous Reconciliation & Social Justice

Promoting the Consolidation of Peace through Indigenous Reconciliation and Social Justice is fundamental in building a peaceful future for Sierra Leone. It takes into account the high level of destruction the country suffered during the eleven years of civil war and brings out the many human rights violations and abuses, their causes and means by which human rights can be respected, justice promoted and peace consolidated by both the state and individuals. It recognizes the full legality of the law and how an indigenous method of reconciliation is useful in the promotion and enhancement of peace and social justice. It analyses the human rights situation in Sierra Leone with emphasis on colonial legacy of independence and inheritance and dwells into the problematisation of human rights that leads to the wrong approach to democracy and the rule of law. It scopes extensively into the civil war in Sierra Leone, international responses and the evolution of Peace through transitional justice mechanisms.